April 27, 2019

PARIS — Emmanuel Macron launched what he called "a new act of [the French] Republic" on Thursday evening, in a bid to turn the page on five months of Yellow Jacket protests.

The French president announced a range of measures, including tax cuts and public sector reform, and was at pains to make clear he had heard the concerns of citizens.

"I want the French to know, I felt it in my flesh what they were saying and expressing ... This period has changed me," Macron told more than 200 journalists in what was his first press conference for reporters in France since becoming president in 2017.

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